WELCOME TO THE COURSE
Please note that due the Covid-19 pandemic, the course will be held online. Welcome! Here you will find important and useful information. Please read it carefully by clicking on each heading. If you have questions regarding the course, please use the contact form below. Enjoy your studies with us!
This course uses online course registration. You register by entering the Student Web (see instructions below). IMPORTANT! Registration must be made within the period 23 August 2021 and 31 August 2021.
It is very important that you register during these dates. If you have not registered before deadline, you may loose your seat on the course. After the registration window has closed vacant seats are offered to students on waiting lists.
For instructions please read:
Course registration through the Student Web
If you encounter issues with the registration, or if you are admitted with conditions, you need to contact your study counsellor.
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Time: See Schedule
Location: Online. See Shedule
The course may not have a traditional schedule but a Study Guide instead. Please visit your online platform, https://www.canvas.umu.se/, for more information. If you have a schedule it will be available under "My Page" in the Student portal four (4) weeks before the course starts (requires Umu-Id and password). You can also use the link above to find your schedule.
You will conduct studies both by yourself and as part of a group. You, with assistance of the Course coordinator, literature, online lectures and seminars, will complete your assignments. Much within the course is created around the participants' activities, where all students' previous experiences and questions are equally important.
Communication between students and teachers will take place mainly in the online forums, email, chat functions etc. through the online learning platform. It is important to access the platform at the start of the course. The online course platform provides you with course information, additional literature and support in terms of resources, such as links to Zoom-classrooms, pre-recorded online lectures, discussion boards etc.
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You can access the online course platform with your Umu-Id four weeks before the course starts. You must log in before the 30 August 2021, 23.55 pm (CET). After that date it is no longer possible to access the platform without approval from the department.
Important: Grading system and transfer of grades
Please make sure you have understood the grading system used for this course (see Syllabus). Grading confirmation documents with "Percentage achieved in exams for passing" is NOT used and will not be offered individual students after finished course, or upon request from your home university. Your home university is responsible for any translation of Swedish grades into your home country's specific grading system. It may be helpful if you present the course work and exams you complete at Umeå University to your home university when you return.
It is important to make sure your home university accepts these terms before attending the course, as no exceptions are made on this matter. For more information regarding our education system please visit: Swedish Study System
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Do you have questions regarding the course, please use the Contact form found last on this page.
Important! Replies from staff during the Summer period July 2021-August 2021 may be delayed due to Summer holidays. Please turn to Infocenter with your questions during that time period.
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Follow this simple list of things to complete your enrolment at Umeå University. It includes: how to secure housing, getting a residence permit (for citizens from outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland), tuition payment (if applicable), travel directions and more.
To the checklist for admitted Students
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The website for current students has all sorts of information about services, support, legal and practical matters at Umeå University. You can sign in to the learning platforms, see your schedule and course overview, get a study certificate, apply for a degree or sign up for an examination.
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International students are recommended to arrive at least a few days before the start of the regular semester, preferably prior to the Orientation. If you fail to arrive on time, you have to contact the study counselor as soon as possible, but no later than one week ahead of the course start, or you may not be able to register for the programme or course.
If you will have student housing through the Housing Office at Umeå University you will receive information about your arrival in your offer of housing.
Don't forget - Umeå has cold winters, so pack accordingly with a warm jacket, warm shoes, gloves and hat.
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Moving to a new country with an unfamiliar language, culture and customs can be a challenge. We would like to help you and ease that challenge so that you can focus on your studies. Therefore, we would like to offer you the possibility to take part in our Orientation, which begins a few days before the start of the semester (Autumn) or the same day as the semester starts (Spring).
More about the Orientation this semester.
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Are you a new student at Umeå University? Visit the Welcome Fair – a perfect opportunity to learn what our university and Umeå can offer. The fair normally takes place in the beginning of each semester.
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As a new student, you need to activate your user account approximately two weeks prior to the start of the semester in order to, for instance:
If you are a new student, you will automatically receive a user account when you are admitted, but you will need to activate it for it to function properly. You will not be able to activate it until approximately two weeks prior to the start of the semester.
I want to learn more about my user account (Umu-id)
For exchange students and tuition fee paying students
If you are an exchange student or tuition fee paying student, you will receive an email with instructions on how to activate your account.
Help! It's not working
If you are having problems activating your account or logging in, please contact our Servicedesk. You will find answers to common questions, and can submit enquiries.
Get your UmU card
When you are on Campus Umeå, Umeå Arts Campus or Campus Örnsköldsvik, you will need a UmU card. The card has the following functions:
To get the card, you need to apply for it. Here’s how to apply for the UmU card.
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There are three student unions at Umeå University:
They are actively involved so that fellow students have a high quality of education, good working environment, and fun leisure time.
Become a member of a student union!
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Students at Umeå University have free access to the programmes of Microsoft Office 365. This means that you have access to Teams, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Whiteboard Forms, your student email and other services which can facilitate your studies and your collaboration with other students. To access Office 365 you need to activate your UmU-id.
Learn more about Office 365 and how to install it on your computer
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